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I'm lookin to get this motor appraised and identified any help greatly appreciated

Re: I'm lookin to get this motor appraised and identified any help greatly appreciat

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Originally Posted by Bill Hazzard

Maybe it would have been a better idea to not leave your stuff at someone else's place.

You're right, but hindsight is always better than foresight - if you have a choice (life isn't always that simple). I regret it now, even though the situation was... complex and I really didn't have much say in it.

I've also been learning that I cannot trust people - especially the ones people say I have to trust (and when people say I have to trust, to not trust them either). I also have learned to be VERY careful about letting other people borrow my stuff or loaning anything out. Painful lessons (that people, especially the ones who prattle about how "good" they are, really aren't).

Re: I'm lookin to get this motor appraised and identified any help greatly appreciat

Man tough crowd here! Theres one Tool that won't be back! God, I've never seen so much bickering and getting off track about a poor guy just wanting to know how much his motor is worth! So he wants to sell it, so what get over it! And yes I said "Motor"!

Re: I'm lookin to get this motor appraised and identified any help greatly appreciat

In the spirit of the fun of staying off topic "Motor" is what they were called originally, so far as I can tell. Motorcycle. Motorcar. Etc. But they are indeed engines. Heat engines. So either is correct. I call them engines simply because that's what I first learned. If it was wrong, I would change.

I'd like to call them motors, since I always prefer original terminology, but then I visualize electric motors.

Much worse is calling a generator a "head", or an armature that doesn't move a "stator" or a field that does move a "rotor" or a *really* bad one- 120/240 volts single phase as "120-0-120"

I strongly agree with sentiment, but I certainly see the valididty of the arguments in favor of selling as well. I have a largely original NEVER RESTORED 1931 Ford Model A that my Great Grandfather bought in 1941. There's NO WAY I would sell it, and I never even met my great grandfather as he died nearly twenty years before I was born.

My dumbass sister would destroy it by putting a stupid *chevy 350* in it, making it like every single other car on the road. So, no, someone else can have it after I'm Gone lol.

Re: I'm lookin to get this motor appraised and identified any help greatly appreciat

There are a lot of assumptions made by us (all of us) when someone says "I was left this and want to know the value in order to sell it".

I've dealt with numerous estates in my life and in many cases the "seller" is required to do certain things. Did the grandfather leave it to the gentleman who asked the question and another person and he wants to know the value in order to sell his portion to the other individual? Did the grandfather leave the model to him with the instructions that it was to be sold with 1/2 the funds to be given to the grandson and the other half going to the cemetery where the grandfather is buried? There are thousands of other potential scenarios. I learned a long time ago not to condemn or chastise someone without knowing all the details.

Lastly, the grandfather may have left it to the grandson with no strings attached. We don't know the details on that situation either. Does the grandson have a family member with medical issues and needs funds? Does the grandson have a child headed to college and the sale of the engine will be what’s needed to assist that effort? Again, we don't know and it’s actually none of our business.

Its the grandson's to do as he pleases just as all the old iron in my shed is there for me to do as I please: sell it, give it away, trade it and on and on.......just my 2 cents and we all have different opinions which are welcome....

Re: I'm lookin to get this motor appraised and identified any help greatly appreciat

Craig is correct. [ if nobody sold anything nobody would have anything]
I bought this steam boat from the original owner with the original blueprints
He saved his paper route money to buy it and build it. He was happy to sell it to me for $75.00 because he knew no one in his family had an interest in it

Re: I'm lookin to get this motor appraised and identified any help greatly appreciat

Wise Words by LCJudge, and True, we don't know all the circumstances behind it.

As for "The Other Side of the Coin" with the line "if nobody sold anything nobody else would have anything", that's a somewhat misguided statement as the Vast Majority of what WE COLLECT has changed hands numerous times over the decades with the original owners getting rid of it because it was just an old worn-out piece of equipment worth little more (or less) than scrap value which then went on to be traded and/or sold a couple/few more times.

Big Difference between that and something that was built by or bought new by someone that cared enough for it to hang on it and then pass it down to the next generation in their family generally with the intent to Keep it in the Family.

Every once in a while someone is able to buy something after years and years of trying when it "wasn't for sale at any price", but eventually it gets to the point where no-one in the family has any interest in it any more and it goes, but there is still something to be said for KEEPING Family Heirlooms, whatever they may be, just to honor those that left it to you if for no other reason.

JeffK was fortunate enough to be at the right place at the right time and get his Steam Boat and blueprints From the Original Owner who knew no-one in the family wanted it. I have no problem with that, Nor would I have had a problem with the opening post if it stated he was helping to settle his grandfathers Estate and needed help determining the value.

But when I read : ""I was given this motor by my great-grandfather .... and eventually want to sell it"", I can't help but think the great-grandfather would have rather given it to someone that would appreciate it better. . . But again, after reading the wise words of LCJudge, I/We don't know all the circumstances.

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Re: I'm lookin to get this motor appraised and identified any help greatly appreciat

And another thought to consider. Much the same as on Craigs List or eBay, maybe the engine is hot or it's only a photograph from the internet. Always buy with your head screwed on straight and don't allow yourself to be scammed or put into a bad situation because you want it quick and cheap.

Re: I'm lookin to get this motor appraised and identified any help greatly appreciat

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Originally Posted by Harry

And another thought to consider. Much the same as on Craigs List or eBay, maybe the engine is hot or it's only a photograph from the internet. Always buy with your head screwed on straight and don't allow yourself to be scammed or put into a bad situation because you want it quick and cheap.

If someone does ever suspect they are being sold something from a picture from the internet there is a way to do a image search on Google. I think it may be called a reverse image search, you upload the picture and then it will attempt to find that image on other sites. I'm not sure how accurate it is but it has worked for me several times. It also works if your buddy sends you an pic of someone they're "seeing" and you want to figure out if it's a random internet picture.